Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Sofa

Subject

Furniture

Description

Sofa with over-scrolled arms and arched rail back, cane seat, with reeded front rail and inverted, turned and gadrooned legs.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1800-1849

Relation

Full size, from left
Whole

Identifier

gbl.29

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

1st half 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

81.9 x 189.9 x 66.8 cm.(32 1/4 x 74 3/4 x 26 3/8 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Carved medallion

Notes

The pair to this sofa is in the Bawa Residence, Colombo ref. gbc.9.

Citation

"Sofa," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #597, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/597 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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